New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-05
LAST HOURS OF CONGRESS-
AN ALL-NIaHr SESSION IN BOTH HOUSES
THE PRESIDENT CONSENTS TO COME TO THE Ckpk
ToL-ADJ0URNMENr or THE SENATE.
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AnI rhEsiDENT CONSENTS TO COME TO THE CAT
ToL-ADJoURNMENr or THE SENATE.
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| WASHINGTON, March 4.-The work Of IL
ALIXth Congress is finished and has passed inta
history Those who took part In framing tts lawa
and shaping legislation arc tonight scattersl
bound homeward preparing to leave the Cspitsn
In the morning. Few only remain to look stta
tho interests Of their constituents in the diferenu
departments. In week or two the city WIN
have assumed its customary quiet: Capitol HlU
will be deserted Pennsylvanla-ave. will no longQ
echo the tread Of bustling statesmen the lobbleq
Of the hotels will be deserted, and the chiefs q
bureaus and departments win breathe easier -
the absence Of Congress.
The customary scenes in the closing hours a q
Congress were enacted In and about the Senaf1-
Chamber and House Of Representatives today
As day broke through the sky-lights Of the twU
legislative halls, it looked down upon tired, -
in some instances nlso demoralizcd statesmen ~
worse for all nights session, the worse for ti1
excitement furnished by the cold tea man dowa
stairs. the worse also for several word enoountsm
which had taken place In the course Of ~
night. Outside it was black and dreary. Snsws
slnsh and rain everywhere. The atmospSAsd
damp the walking detestable; the cars crowds
and every vehicle in town in requisition. Groves
thronged the corridors surrounding the chambel
and poured into the galleries at early hour
Long before o'clock every scat was occupied.
The doorlxecpers and the police had their hand
full. But it was an orderly crowd, and gave
little trouble. except for its great numbers.
The Senate had been in session all night. Ka
attempt was made after the passage of the d,
ticiency bill, in the hours in the morning. e
deal with important measures At 80 O'cledn
the Senate went into executive session, and 10
.,,aI IL
o'clock. though it was at any time ready tt
receive conference reports and messages from tt
House Of Representatives,. A short recess waa
taken at 8 o'clock for an hour to enable Senatam
to take breakfast and to arrange their toilets
Some Of them had been at entertainments ~
previous night, and were still in evening drr8s
Messrs. Cameron and Butler who attended tha
Garrett dinner in Baltimore yesterday, appea1e0
fresh and ready for business when the doeea
opened at 9 o'clock. Senator Blackburn, as iafd
as 10 80, however, stallled about the SenxEA
Chamber In full dress, his shirt front rufled, -
white neclxtie disaTanged and his hair lookin6
as though 1t had not known brush for q week.
His appearance created 6utter in the GALLERIES.
For moment the Kentucky Senator seemed disooa-
certed, but In another instant he had recOveasd
his composue, and with much dignity left th9
chamber, followed by curious glances. Five min
business suit and looking himself once more.
Half dozen yea and nay votes were called %
occasionally to consume time Senators answers
in a somewhat dazed and surprised manner, ~
parently not knowing what they were voting foR-
Senator Morrill,, with his seventy-siX years, puss
by his freshness and energy. younger Senators y
the blush. "Pan-Electric' Harris, who had grows
maudin in the course of the night, recovero8
his firmncss Of speech in the morning and ~
nounced that Senator Edmunds had left the cbsnt
ber telling him that he was against cvcrytfaao
and everything that might be brought up u
consideration. Senator Hoar looked sleek sn1
ready, apparently, for another bout with BlsdfE'
burn. Ransom had combed his few remainizu
locks and arranging his cuffs for the bensd4
of the galleries when the Senate was called tt
order
Old Captain Bassett, the venerable doorlsrepeks
looked more dignifed than ever, and moved abOsA
as II he carried the weight Of legislation upoa
his shoulders. Senator Ingalls, had been almdss
ontinually in the chair during the night. bao
showed no signs Of fatigue. His voice -
fresh, his manners as quick and his decisions -
prompt as if he had but just begun days work.
Here and there groups Of Senators were distributes
around the chamber. Some discussed with Ian
guild interest the result OF NC nights sessions
some scanned abstractcdly the morning papems
two or three read novels and scarcely anybodN
paid attention to what was going on Occasionally
the clerk Of the House would appear at the dom
and Captain Bassett would announce with hH
famous bow: "A message from the House a
REPRESENTATIVES" Senators would look up tru0
their desks to hear what bill had been passa4
by the House, and then relapse into their fornsee
state OF Indifference.
A few sleepy pages lay stretched at the foot a
the Presidents desk. Tho managers Of confer
nd mt ha door -
the chamber. A few stray congressman from ta<
other end Of the Capital would stray in OCCASION
ally for O chat now and then furtive attemso
would be made by statesmen to put "leetle bin<
upon ITS passage, but such attempts as ruio
were not successful, an objection being as promptly
lodged as IL the man making it had been waitin0
for that "leetle bil' ever since Congress mea.
Jnce or twice the galleries became unruly anA
received the admonition Of the Chair.
As the hour of noon approached 1t becama
more than ever a subject Of speculation whethea
or not the President would come to the Capitol
The District Appropriation bill had just been
agreed upon by the conferees. At II 80 IL was
still in the hands Of the engrossing clerks. u
the President did not come to the Capitol "
would fail In this emergency the Speaker senN
an urgent message to tho White House asking ths
President to come
At IL 40 o'clock o message was received ffou
the White House saying that tho President we
on his way to the Capitol. The Chair appointe6
Senators Sherman and Salisbury as q COMMITTEES
TO inform him that Congress was ready to adjourn
Five minutes later the District Appropriation bill
was presented in the Senate by the clerk Of The
House. In the meantime the President had en-
tered the Capitol by the Western entrance. Hs
was accompanied by Secretary Bayard. Secretary
Endicott, postmasterGeneral Villas. Attorney
General Garland, Assistant Secretary Fairchih
and Colonel Lamont great crowd had gash'
cred In the obbies in antcil alton of his arrival
1t was quickly dispersed by the police, and the
President was Immediately shown 10 his room
where the District bill was submitted to him. u
features as agreed upon by the conferees weta
explained to him by Senator Plumb, and his sig
.,,,,o n,as than attached. The Committee Of